in reply to Getopt::Long with default

You have not specified how you think your code "fails".

The problem may be semantics: When I run the code, i get: 

$ perl test-getopt.pl -Star=32323 -end
Start = 32323 and End = 9999999999

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WITH the flag invoked, and no value given to the flag, it results in the default value specified in Getoptions.

             I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.
                   -SNL

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